Deformed wing virus is not related to honey bees' aggressiveness

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Guards of Cyprian honey bee colonies, <it>Apis mellifera cypria</it>, display a great defensive behaviour against hornets' attacks. The deformed wing virus (DWV) and the kakugo virus (KV) genomes are very similar, but unlike KV, the presence of D...

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Main Authors: Arnold Gérard, Colin Marc, Papachristoforou Alexandros, Gauthier Laurent, Tentcheva Diana, Rortais Agnès, Bergoin Max
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-08-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/3/1/61